Meat Preservation Apparatus with Automated Ice Temperature Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current refrigeration systems for meat preservation struggle to maintain a consistent ice temperature, leading to inefficiencies in meat production lines due to manual handling and temperature fluctuations, which complicates the preservation of meat's color, flavor, and freshness.
Innovation Solution
A meat preservation apparatus featuring a conveyor system with impregnation and ice temperature devices, including spinning disks, linear actuators, ultrasonic generators, and electrostatic plates, that automates the meat handling and temperature control process, allowing for broader ice temperature management and efficient meat preservation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual transfer in and out is used for meat preservation, then the process is simple to operate, but it is time-consuming and laborious, leading to low efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The preservation system is divided into multiple independent preservation chambers (first preservation chamber, second preservation chamber, third preservation chamber, fourth preservation chamber) arranged in sequence. Each chamber can independently preserve meat, allowing continuous operation without manual transfer interruptions. The conveyor belt system segments the meat preservation process into discrete stages, enabling automated flow through each chamber.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous meat preservation by arranging multiple preservation chambers in sequence on a conveyor belt. Meat moves continuously from one chamber to the next without stopping or requiring manual intervention. The conveyor belt maintains constant motion, and the preservation process occurs continuously across all chambers simultaneously, eliminating idle time and manual transfer interruptions.
2Reliability
If current refrigeration system is used, then the structure is simple, but the temperature fluctuates greatly and cannot maintain consistent ice temperature
Solution Approach 1:
Each preservation chamber is equipped with independent temperature control capabilities, allowing different chambers to maintain optimal temperatures for specific preservation needs. The system applies different preservation conditions (ice temperature, low temperature, refrigeration temperature) to different locations (chambers) based on the specific requirements of each preservation stage, ensuring consistent temperature control in each zone.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts temperature parameters across different preservation chambers to broaden and stabilize the ice temperature range. By changing temperature parameters sequentially across multiple chambers, the system maintains consistent preservation conditions despite variations in ambient conditions or load, achieving reliable temperature control through parameter optimization.
3Temperature
If narrow ice temperature range is used for meat preservation, then the meat quality is maintained, but it is difficult to preserve meat under ice temperature conditions due to temperature fluctuations
Solution Approach 1:
The preservation system dynamically adjusts temperature across multiple chambers to adapt to changing conditions while maintaining stable ice temperature preservation. The conveyor belt system allows continuous adjustment of meat exposure time to different temperature zones, enabling the system to compensate for fluctuations and maintain reliable preservation within the narrow ice temperature range through dynamic control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system expands the temperature control problem from a single-dimensional (single chamber) to multi-dimensional (multiple chambers with different temperatures). By adding spatial dimensions (multiple chambers arranged in sequence) to the temperature control strategy, the system achieves stable ice temperature preservation through the combined effect of multiple temperature zones, effectively broadening the reliable preservation temperature range.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus enables automated and efficient meat preservation by maintaining consistent ice temperatures, enhancing the freshness of meat through ultrasonic and electric field treatments, while facilitating continuous production line operations and convenient meat loading, unloading, and cleaning processes.
Implementation Method 1
the ice temperature box is equipped with an ultrasonic generator
Implementation Method 2
the ice temperature box is equipped with an ultrasonic generator and an electrostatic plate
Implementation Method 3
the ice temperature box is cooled by a CO2/NH3 cascade refrigeration system
Implementation Method 4
conveyor belts are arranged in the ice temperature box, and the conveyor belts are driven by a first motor
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AI summary
A meat preservation apparatus and method allowed to broaden the ice temperature are provided. The second conveyor mesh belt is equipped with an ice temperature device, the right end of the second conveyor mesh belt is equipped with an ice temperature device, the ice temperature device comprises a base, a spinning disk is arranged above the base, and four moving plates that can move inside and outside are evenly arranged above the spinning disk, two first linear actuators are vertically arranged above each moving plate, an ice temperature box can move up and down between the two first linear actuators, conveyor belts are arranged in the ice temperature box, and the conveyor belts are driven by the first motor, a box door is set on an outside of the ice temperature box, and the box door is driven by a second motor.